Particles of Truth

Infobox Film
name = Particles of Truth


caption = Official DVD Cover
director = Jennifer Elster
producer = Jennifer Elster
writer = Jennifer Elster
narrator = Jennifer Elster
starring = Jennifer Elster
Gale Harold
music = Mark Wike
cinematography = Toshiro Yamaguchi
editing = Ron Len
distributor = Hart Sharp Video
released = 2003
runtime = 101 m
country = USA
language = English
budget =
followed_by =
website = http://www.particlesoftruth.com
amg_id = 1:284590
imdb_id = 0320241

"Particles of Truth" is a 2003 independent film directed by and starring Jennifer Elster, with Gale Harold. The film was released on July 26, 2005 by Hart Sharp Video. It made its world premiere in the famous Tribeca Film Festival in 2003. This film is unique in the sense that in the first few minutes of it, the chronology is out of order, showing scenes from today, tomorrow and yesterday before the time is linear.Or|date=December 2007

Plot

The film follows the lives of 10 dysfunctional individuals for 48 hours before the grand opening of the art show. Lilli Black, a struggling artist has very little confidence in herself. She grew up in a broken household and keeps to herself. She has her artwork displayed in an art show, entitled "Particles of Truth." She meets Morrison, an obsessive-compulsive germaphobe. He won't touch his own medicine cabinet without a sterile wipe and washes his face with soap every night. He wrote a book called "Notes from a Vehicle." As the title suggests, he likes to watch other people, trying to guess what is going on in their heads of theirs and makes speculations about them. When they meet for the first time, there is an attraction between them. As a way to get to know each other, Lilli buys his book, and he buys a Gray Davis cd. When they see each other again, he invites her to his apartment for an omelet. But before anything can happen, she ends the visit abruptly and alienates herself from him. This leaves him hurt and confused.

She later apologizes for lying to him and says that her father is dying of AIDS and admits to being scared of opening herself up to him realizing that there was potential for a romantic relationship. This comes from her own dysfunctional family with Louise, Grandpa Black and Johnny. Her mother was not around much and she grew up with both parents being junkies. Art was her escape from reality. When she and Morrison kiss for the first time, she goes into his bathroom and has flashbacks of her mother and realizes that she is not ready for a relationship. Only with closure of her past, can she commit to a healthy relationship in the future.

Cast

Reception

It competed in the narrative section of the IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival. The film continued to screen at film festivals nationally and internationally during the 2003, 2004 years. Along the way in 2003, it won the Austin Film Festival Jury Award for Best Feature and in 2004, it won the Best High Definition Feature Film at the HD Fest. [http://www.particlesoftruth.com/festivals.html List of Film Festivals] It mostly has favorable reviews. The LA Times noted that "The images of 'Particle of Truth' are so sharp and cut so deep. It's as if its writer-producer-director Jennifer Elster made them with a scalpel.' [http://www.particlesoftruth.com/newsFiles/latimes061203.html LA Times Review] Other comments include "standout performances...its damn fine," and "NY indie airily pulls of what Hollywood mightily strives for--believable romantic comedy" [http://www.particlesoftruth.com/news.html Reviews]

Trivia

*Viagra was misspelled intentionally for the film, having to do with the cost of obtaining the right to use its drug names [Mentioned in the DVD commentary]

References

DVD Release

"Particles of Truth" was released on DVD in 2005.

External links

*imdb title|0320241
* [http://www.particlesoftruth.com/news.html List of Reviews]